I'm on Twitter

Roosty6 @B110

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Harvest Days

Back at it for the second day in a row since the rain shut us down nearly two weeks ago. Slow going in a heavy swath with numerous piles of canola where the swather plugged. Some go through while others plug the combine feeder no matter how slowly and cautiously I approach them. I never needed the reverser working for years but this past couple of days I could have used it. So get out the huge wrench and crank it backwards by hand , pulling the tough and wiry canola stems out of the feeder.
The shock loads on the feeder drive are really tearing up the drive sprocket and shaft and I doubt it will run another day before it fails. Sounds like we have two more good days before rain hits again so hopefully I'll get to spend them harvesting rather than repairing.
Picture from today at sunset thanks to my truck driver.

2 comments:

  1. Hope your equipment holds together long enough to get done. I've prayed for such things many a time, just different situations.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Made it through another with a little (a lot) of help from my family. Switched over to the pull type combine while I wait for the new parts for the self propelled.

      Delete